Govind Ballabh Pant opposed separate electorates in the Constituent A…

The correct answer is Option (3) → Permanently isolate the minorities and deny them any effective say in government

Option (1) Leave the majority community without a fair voice in the legislature — Incorrect. Pant did not argue for the majority's voice. His worry was the other way round: separate electorates would leave the minorities cut off and weak.

Option (2) Weaken the provinces and hand too much power to the Centre — Incorrect. The balance between the provinces and the Centre was a different debate in the Assembly. Pant's case against separate electorates rested on the harm they would do to the minorities.

Option (3) Permanently isolate the minorities and deny them any effective say in government — Correct. Pant called separate electorates a suicidal demand. He argued they would permanently isolate the minorities, make them vulnerable and leave them with no effective say within the government.

Option (4) Split the Hindu community into rival caste groups for good — Incorrect. Pant did not speak of dividing the Hindu vote. He saw separate electorates as harmful to the nation and to the minorities themselves, who would stay isolated for ever.